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A Perfect Hand
02:39
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we were dealt a perfect hand
we came up with the perfect plan
we can get away with anything
perfect moment, perfect space
perfect dreams and perfect taste
we can get away with everything
and when trains collide in the rail yard
and the kids go to school on sundays
we could get away with everything if we play it right
and we launch our assault on the city
and the kids stay out all night
we might get away with everything if we play it right
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Manifesto
01:19
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Organic Concrete
05:24
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the aqua blue nauseating colour of the wall
is not enough to make it feel like a shopping mall
or an institution of insanity
with panopticon cameras pointing straight at me
organic concrete is better than synthetic rubber
our shows are predetermined and we charge no cover
organic concrete, synthetic rubber
our lives aren't predetermined and they're like no other
when we discussed it in a conference call
we were still spread out in four different locations on two continents
now we conduct secret experiments
to synthesize the beauty of the form
and the form of beauty
the landlord is senile
and his wife is a bitch who worships satan
and tried to kill us with corn chips
you went pale when it got stuck in your throat
and while you almost choked
i put the drawn on napkin in the pocket of my coat
it's all going in the archives
documented and indexed for posterity
but the results of our experiments
will lead us to a different understanding
of alterity
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Conjured Images
04:04
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in april we stayed up all night
talking about suicide
and the things you told me the night before
were trapped inside my mind
conjuring images like the ones i'd seen but didn't believe
and we both felt this was our last chance
to get it right
i can't deal with another disappointment
i'm late for my appointment
with destiny
i can't deal with another disappointment
i'm late for my appointment
with destiny
oh, can't you see
what this means to me
oh, can't you see
what this is costing me
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it was easier than we expected
when everything fell into place
good fortune smiled upon
and greeted us with a friendly face
white powder, gunpowder
set the room on fire
white powder, gunpowder
set the room on fire
spontaneous human combustion may occur
we make music with turntables
and sometimes with a computer
it was easier
it was easier
it was easier
than we expected
it was easier
it was easier
it was easier
than we expected
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(...)
02:36
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fluidity is a concept
you need to understand to grasp
my perception of the trajectory of the gaze
across the passage of time
and how much of it is in your mind
and how much of it is in the space-time continuum
on which you rely
and upon which everything depends
how long ago
was it decided
that this wouldn't be permitted
and so we would be divided
and the laws that make it so are etched into my mind
and they keep me locked within the space-time continuum
i will be denied
anything that could ever make me satisfied
how long
how long
will we look out the window
how long
how long
how long
will we look at it sideways
averting each other's gaze
how long
how long
how long
how long
how long
how long
how long
how long
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Apathy Kills
03:55
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i find it offensive
when people say
everything happens for a reason
'cause it leaves no room
for the absurd
or the arbitrary
but now everything is charged with meaning
the smallest detail filled with significance
our quest for understanding
is in the interpretation of the signs
it's a trap and it's an escape
it's the truth and we're making it up
it's the problem, the result and the solution
the conversation is unreal
its essence is intangible
the words that pass between us
get caught in the atmosphere
and never reach our ears
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The End of Illusions
04:56
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it's the end of illusions
i've reached that conclusion
on my own
there's no more confusion
i'm free from illusions
i know now that i'm on my own
a fleeting moment of collective dreaming
when we allowed ourselves to believe
in the impossible
but the moment has passed
to see is not with the physical eye
but to know and understand
i see my future
written in between the lines
of my own hand
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Mutual Understanding
02:29
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and all the words that i said
i wish i could take them all back
but not because i didn't mean them
and not because you didn't listen
but in the end we're no closer to
a mutual understanding
you said there were better ways to communicate
but i don't know what they are
and if there are better ways to communicate
maybe this is one of them
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if it didn't sound so pretentious
i'd say leave it to the historians
they'll put things in perspective
with cold scientific detachment
they'll take into consideration
what we wanted, what we believed
what we did and didn't know
what was beyond our control
there was no revolution
and we didn't change the world
did the force of our convictions
match the scope of our ambitions
but i don't want to dwell on the past anymore
i'm more ambitious than ever before
and i'm starting to understand
how it all works
i'm starting to understand what it's all worth
boredom is counter-revolutionary
boredom is counter-revolutionary
boredom is counter-revolutionary
boredom is counter-revolutionary
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